- « othcr survivors got into boats and 'made' a desert island where for' six days he was without medical attention, only a tourniquet round his arm. A~ you know, a year or so afterwards he was again shipwrecked-he also was in an overturned lorry on the \thin == 'UUlag top of a precipice. He looks just the same only not so cherubic The Magazine of in complexion." All members in and out of the Services are reminded that THE ETON MANOR CLUBS 16th June is to be the date of the great reunion on the Wilder­ Riseholme Street, Hackney Wick, E.9 ness. Hon. Secretaries should be careful not to arrange any sports fixtures for that day. THE ECHO. The copyright of all matter, both Engravings and Letterpress, is strictly reserved in Great Britain, the Colonies, Dominions and the United Stat~s of America. Members Released from the Forces Pte. T. Chamberlain, Flt./Sgt. A. T. Cheesley, L.A.C. L. F. No. 312-Vol. XXXIV. JANUARY, 1946. Child, A.B/L.T.O. Frank Gill, A.B. Pat Hammond, Major PRICE ld. C. Y. Hat'die, Opl. E. Harvey, Sgt. C. Jenkins, L.A.C. R. Morton, A.B., A. Rcdgewell, Sgt. A. Rees, Sgt. S. Watls. WALKI NG Promotions Dr. Johnson would have been no athlete: his ideas H. Jennings, L/Sgt.; E. W. Ladd, Sgt.; L. Lewis, L/Sgt.; G. Malpass, Sgt.; E. A. Warren, Lieut.; F. C. Woolls, Lieut.; on the best use of an evening were hardly orthodox. D. (,olding, Ft t./Sgt. "Sir," he is reported to have said, "the man who goes to bed before midnight is a scoundrel." Marriages. He did, however, hold the view that" any young A. T. Cheesley, Frank Cooper, H. Hotten, Torn Pike. aud J'. man who desires to succeed must rise before eight," so POllltel·. he would have given some good advice. Added to this he was no walker: neither he nor Boswell enjoyed Congratulations their Hebridean tour, and he would have agreed with To Lieut. and Mrs. D. Self on the birth of their SOn and to the famous wit who thought that "Life holds no Sgt. and Mrs. Ron Onions on the birth of theh son, and to Mr. greater joy than driving briskly in a hansom cab with and Mr". Uhadie (Chilli) l'eck. a pretty woman! " And yet walking is the foundation of success at all CLUB NOTES sports. The famous Finnish runners, who normally BOXING, On Saturday, 1st December, three Manorites sweep the board at the Olympic Games at distances of travelled to Wood Lane, Dagenham, and in the evening three three miles or more, regard it as all-important even on very successful and happy Manorites travelled back again 'and the morning of the race. Mr. Peter Ward, who before celebrated their victory at the Club Ball that evening. D. J. the war was in the Finnish class, walked ten miles a Collins, Eton Manor, beat J. Carneron of Romford, the referee stopping the contest in the 2nd round, and P. Skingley beat day to his work, in and out of season. Sam Mussabini A. Morris, Dagenham A.T.C., after a velY hard and vigorous the famous coach of Applegarth, Shrubband Albert fight. In a special 4 round contest Joe Rood knocked out Hill, cannot speak too highly in its favour. K. Sanders of the Fords B.C. in the last round. Do we walk or do we catch a 'bus-or try Friday, 7th December, proved another very successful even­ to? We catch a 'bus and excuse ourselves by saying ing for us at the Downside Club. Both teams put up a splendid show and some velY kcen bouts were witnessed. F. that it's cold, or it's late or raining, or some such spec­ Field, Eton Manor, beat J. Mollett; D. Saunders, Eton Manor, ious argument. But we shouldn't! For walking, allied beat P. Dowling; W. Rood, Eton Manor, beat .I. Dixon; D. J. with plenty of slow jogging, is the keystone of success Collins avengcd a previous defeat at the hands '0£ G. Lacey by at all stages of training and for all sports. punching too hard for Lacey this time; and Joe Rood did well to beat L. Cottrell of the Navy and Downside; H. Busby, Eton New Year is with us, so let's have another New Year Manor, lost to B. Austin; and H. Greengrass, Eton Manor, lost resolution; we will save money and get and keep fit by to C. Sullivan. Result: Eton Manor, 5; Downside, 2. We walking: good brisk strides at 4 m.p.h. with heel-toe would like to express om' thanks to the Downside Club for making both our boxers and supporters so much at home at action and a good swing of the arms-not in the army their club. style, please, but loosely across the body. We will The experiment of staging a three-cornered inter-Club Boxing drive off the toes, bring the leg forward relaxed, using Tournament on l'vIonday, 17th December, proved most worth the thigh muscles. We shall get plenty of fresh ail' while. Fairbairn House and Crown and Manor were our into our lungs and it needn't be dull; there is plenty guests and the tournament resulted in our gaining our third successive inter-club win. Result being: Eton Manor 4, Fair­ to observe-the change of the seasons, local flora and bairn House 3, Crown and Manor 1. The hall was packed to fauna, and even the latest film at the local cinema. capacity and the crowd witnessed two hours of good, clean Try it! Get up a little earlier! Why not? amateur boxing. P. Skingsley, Eton Manor, beat J. Lott, F.H.; D . .T. Collins, Eton Manor, beat.T. Doyle. C.M.; W. Rood, Eton ACI-IILLEs. Manor, lost to K. Bebbington, F.H.; S. Hegarty, F.H., beat G. Witham, C.M.; F. Field, Eton Manor, beat J. Murphy, F.H,; Items of Interest H. Greengrass, Eton Manor, beat J. Flight, F.H.; R. Lawson, Eton Manor, lost to A. Tanner, F.H.; and A. Howard, C.M., Everyone connected with the Manor will join us in congratu­ beat R. Turberfield, F.H. lating Sir Charles Wrench on becoming President of the London Federation of Boys' Clubs. After guiding its destinies for so many years as Hon. Secretary, it is good to know that he will To members everywhere. Make a note of the following: continue to be with the Fed. as a successor to Lord Desborough. Thursday, 7th February, 1946, 7 p.m. sharp, Eton Manor Boxing Sir Edward Cadogan sends us the following note: "George Club presents its first peace time Annual Boxing Tournament at Hogg came to lunch with me to-day-he has had a wonderful Riseholme Street. An excellent programme has been arranged series of adventures. He was on a ship which was bombed to and you are advised to get your tickets as soon as you can. pieces (incidentally his left arm was blown off); he and the A. JAcons - - J'LnnaI'Y, 1946 Ja,ntlllry, 1946 CHIN-WAG 3 2 CHIN-WAG the Manor boys filling the first six places. The race was won RESULTS. Nichols, V. Passmore, Jack Pincombe, Fred PooIe, Bill Quicke, FOOTBALL. Den. Reid, John Rivers, Harry Saben, R. Tingey, George by Anderson, who beat off Basstoe in a. close finish. Two­ 'London Federations v. Hackney Boys' Club H 6- 3 L. LONDON LEAGUE XI. Vincent, Alan Walker, Stan WHkins. The R.A.F. sent: Bill Dec. "dark 'um" in Lawrence and Bennett fimshed 3rd and 4th London Federations v. Bow Road ... A 6- 3 W. 6- 3 L. Adams, Stan Brown, F. Carrington, Bill Carter, Ken Dixon, 1. v. Ilford Electricity H Essex Cup 1-1 D. respectively; we would like to see more of these two lads. Sims. League "A" v. Hackney Boys' Club A John Forder, A. Graves, A. PooIe, Ron Price, J. Reeves, A. B. v. Harrow Town... H Lon. Sen. Cup 2-2 D. was 5th, Gatward 6th, MurreH Bth, Ball 10th, Abbott 11th, .League "B" v. St. Mark's "A" 5- 4 w.. Rees, C. Scott, V. Shepherd, G. Ship, E. Spencer, G. Stone, C. Jones 12th, Saunders 15th and Brooks 16th. ~nderson's Plaistow "B" 6- 3 W. 15. v. Snaresbrook A League ... 5-1 W. League "B" v. Ivor Thompson, Sid Watts, and J. Welch. The MERCHANT time was 8 min. 50 secs. Future prospects certaInly seem v. West Ham Deaf 9 0 W. 22. v. Ilford Electricity H Essex Cup 3-0 W. Friendlies NAVY had Jim Thwaites and Charlie Reid. Many others bright when we consider the possibil~ties of th~se Juniors and Friendlies v. Bow Police -13- 2 W. with their lady friends attended, making a grand total of over 25. v. Harrow Town... A Lon. Sen. Cup 3-2 W. all mentioned ~hould heed the adVIce of theIr coaches and Friendlies v. St. Luke's ... 25- 0 W. 400. v. Walton & Hersham A Lon. League Cup 2-4 L. 26. cultivate stvle and knowledge of tactics. Friendlies v. Bergers 15-10 W. 29. v. Woolwich Poly. H League ... 0-1 L. Your Next Dance. A note to all elder members: We wish Junior Race result: ETON MANOR "A", 1, 2, 5, 6 = 14 pts. v. Walth .•Y.M.C.A. L. 8- B D. to draw yom' attention to the dance that is being held at the WALTHAMSTOW XI. ETON MANOR "B", 3, 4, 8, 10 = 25 pts.